Hooray! It’s Supervision September! And our first supervision episode is all about the soft skills. But that doesn’t make teaching them easy! The ability to build a therapeutic rapport with clients is increasingly being identified as a key component of the BCBA’s clinical skillset. But if you’re only just learning to do this yourself, how will you supervise the next generation to do this work? This week we review some promising research articles that may kick your compassionate skills training into overdrive. And we even brought a clicker!

This episode is available for 1.0 SUPERVISION CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Canon, L.F. & Gould, E.R. (2022). A preliminary analysis of the effects of clicker training and verbal instructions on the acquisition of relationship-building skills in two applied behavior analysis practitioners. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 383-396. doi: 10.1007/s40617-021-00555-x

Rohrer, J.L. & Weiss, M.J. (2023). Teaching compassion skills to students of behavior analysis: A preliminary investigation. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 763-782. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00748-y

Denegri, S., Cymbal, D., & Catrone, R. (2023). A multilevel framework for compassionate care in ABA: Approaches to cultivate a nurturing system. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00828-7

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